Sean Burns (b. 1991, UK)

seanfrancisburns[at]gmail.com
@sf_burns

Education

2014 Goldsmiths College, University of London, UK BA Fine Art
2010 Bournville School of Art, Birmingham, UK BTEC Level 3 Foundation Art and Design

Development/Communities

2018 - 19 BLUNT, ArtQuest Lifeboat Group Residency, London, UK
2016 - 17 Into The Wild, Chisenhale Art Place, London, UK
2016 - 17 Fierce FWD, Fierce Festival, Birmingham, UK
2011 - 16 Youth Board, Artsadmin, London, UK
2009 -11 IYP, Ikon, Birmingham, UK

Exhibitions

2018 Ways of Learning, Grand Union, Birmingham, UK
2017 On the Closing of a [Lanark] Leisure Centre, Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow, UK
2016 Sol Down, El Butron, Sevilla, ES
2014 Pre Show Degree Show, Toynbee Studios, London, UK
2014 Commando Temple, Commando Temple, London, UK
2013 Body Language, Heart Lane Studios, London, UK
2012 SWIM, Old Police Station, London, UK
2012 Allotment Project, Midlands Art Centre, Birmingham, UK
2011 We Are Birmingham, Birmingham, UK

Selected Performances

2018 Social Suicide, London, UK
2017 Thing That Hold Other Things Together, Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow, UK
2016 Sunday Funday, Fat Relic, London, UK
2015 YB Presents, Toynbee Studios, London, UK
2012 LIPA, Institute of Contemporary Art, London, UK
2012 LUPA 12, LUPA, London, UK

Residencies

2018 SHOUT Festival, Birmingham, UK
2016 Grand Union, Birmingham, UK
2015 Fierce International Festival, Birmingham, UK

Selected Boy With Wings

2016 Fistaval, Fistahood House, Stockholm, SWE
2015 I Am the Live Warrior, Birmingham University, Birmingham, UK
2015 Once More with Feeling, Lewisham Art House, London, UK
2015 Polyester Issue Launch, Shacklewell Arms, London, UK
2015 Shady Cow, Rough Trade Records, Nottingham, UK
2015 Fierce International Festival, Friction Arts, Birmingham, UK
2014 Brighton Photography Fringe, St Mary Church, Brighton, UK
2014 Fringe! Queer Film & Art Festival, Hackney Picture House, London, UK

Events

2018 In The Pink Launch: SHOUT 18, Grand Union, Birmingham, UK
2017 NSA: A Queer Salon, National Trust, London, UK
2015 Queerzone3000 Launch, Fierce Festival, Birmingham, UK
2015 Fierce Takeover, National Theatre, London, UK
2014 Make Believe Ballroom, Fierce Festival, Birmingham, UK

Talks and Lectures

2016 Will You Dance With Me, Grand Union, Birmingham, UK
2016 Queerzone3000, Birmingham City University, Birmingham, UK

Teaching and Workshops

2017 Wimbledon School of Art, London, UK

Publication

2018 In The Pink
2014 Print Is Not Dead, Issue #1
2013 Dazed and Confused Online
2013 SALT, Issue #3

Text and Interviews

2016 Time Out London
2015 Polyester Magazine Online
2014 Glamcult International Style Paper, Issue #103